Offbeat is part of the b5 media network, so it’d make sense that some of my traffic perks come from various b5media blogs. What’s always surprising to me is which b5media blogs seem to send more traffic this way. You’d think it would be the oddball blogs, or blogs related to houses, but it’s not usually.

In any case, I rounded up a list of b5media blogs that send Offbeat a lot of nice traffic – for which of course, I’d like to say THANKS! If you’re an Offbeat reader, you should absolutely check out some of these blogs…

By far, the two b5media blogs that send Offbeat the most traffic are Baking Delights (mostly due to this insanely popular cookie post) and Simply Thrifty. Thanks Marye and Deb!

Other blogs that send good traffic my way include some that you’d think, because the topics relate, and some surprises, which I’d never have guessed unless I saw my stats.

Unplugged Living

Mother Earth’s Garden

Keeping the Castle

Parents Behaving Badly

Declutter It (yes, before I wrote it)

Problogger

Macro Cats

Cooking Gadgets

Foodie Obsessed

Copyblogger

Hankering for Yarn

Junk Creation

Career & Kids

Layers Upon Layers

I guess the food and writing blogs surprise me the most (not related at all). Still, whatever works! Thanks to my b5 pals for the links and for having blogs that for some reason make folks say, “Hmmm, I should click on Offbeat Homes.”

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Thanks to these great b5 media blogs…

If you haven’t guessed yet; it’s Blog Action Day. At last count (I’m not updating all day so…) but at the last count there were 15,568 blogs signed up to participate with a total rss reach of 12,507,731. Not bad. That’s a whole lot of bloggers blogging about the environment. Many bloggers participating are part of the b5media network.

Following are the b5media blogs that are participating in this fine event today. There could be more too — yup, I miss stuff.

• Hippie Sounds
• Tree Hugging Family
• Simply Thrifty
• Declutter It!
• The Golden Pencil
• Yielding Wealth
• Daytime Talk
• Oz Music Scene
• The Sydney Traveler
• The Rock Dose
• Our Digital Music
• Copyblogger
• Problogger
• Quilting and Patchwork
• Alzheimer’s Notes
• She Plays Music
• The Code Cave
• Tangled Thread
• Home Biz Notes
• Brandcurve
• Metal Martyr

Wow huh. Good stuff.

Now, Offbeat Homes does tend to blog about the environment quite often; so what to do on a day that’s all environment is a good question. Since we always talk green the only thing to do was talk more green than usual. Stick around today for a heaping helping of green-minded architects, ideas, and of course the structures.

But first while I get situated why not go see what my pals in the list up above are posting about. I’m guessing the environment; combined with the flavor of their blog’s personal topics — should be amazing.

Post from: Blisstree

Happy Blog Action Day!